Exam 6: The Workers Compensation System

A benefit review conference is the first step toward a contested hearing.

A Latin phrase meaning, "for himself;" a person who is not represented by an attorney and chooses to represent himself or herself:___________ .

Was it significant that the claimant never sought a finding of injury to her thumbs in the original claim?

A meeting with a judge without the other side present: _________.

Which party in a workers' compensation case has the right to cancel a hearing? No party has the right to cancel a hearing.

What is pro se representation?

How do the rules of discovery in workers' compensation cases compare with the rules in civil cases?

Why did the Workers' Compensation Board deny coverage for the claimant's thumbs?

Statutes of limitation are not permissible in workers' compensa- tion cases.

Both the employer and the employee can request a hearing.

What is a subpoena?

The worker is entitled to represent himself or herself after hear- ing, without benefit of counsel.